June 26, 2007	Tuesday	Jamadi-us-Sani 10, 1428

KARACHI, June 25: Heavy rain played havoc with the Karachi region matches of the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championships on Monday with both ties drawn.

Zone-VI were 73 for five while chasing 174 against Zone-III with all wickets taken by medium-pacer S.M. Zafar. In the other fixture Zone-II made 161 for eight in 49 overs after Sunday’s opening day was washed out.

Summarised scores on Monday:

Karachi region:

At PCB Academy Ground: No result (rain).

ZONE-III 173 in 62.5 overs (Abdullah Khan 74; Sohaib Khan 6-57); ZONE-VI 73-5 in 19 overs (S.M. Zafar 5-25).

At TMC Ground: No result (rain).

ZONE-II 161-8 in 49 overs (Ammar Hasan 69; Farhad Mirza 4-48).

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar beat Charsadda by 325 runs.

PESHAWAR 441-4 in 90 overs (Zar Mohammad 134 not out, Mohammad Rizwan 112 not out, Umar Ishaq 78, Asif Khan 65); CHARSADDA 116 in 45.3 overs.

At University Ground No 1, Peshawar: Swat beat Dir Lower by 91 runs.

SWAT 241 in 68.3 overs (Suleman Khan 60, Shahid Khan 53; Zia-ur-Rehman 5-39); DIR LOWER 150 in 56.5 overs (Kamran Shah 70; Afaq Ahmed 5-33).

Faisalabad region:

At Chenab College Ground, Jhang: Faisalabad beat Jhang by four wickets.

JHANG 208 in 75 overs (Yasir Sajid 60, Atif Manzoor 53; Abdul Islam 5-67); FAISALABAD 210-6 in 76 overs (Murtaza Anees 85).

Sialkot region:

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Mandi Bahauddin by 42 runs.

MANDI BAHAUDDIN 157 in 72.2 overs (Zahidullah 80; Sultan Ahmed 4-36); GUJRANWALA 115 in 35.5 overs (M. Aamir Jafri 4-23, Bilal Hasan 4-54).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: Sialkot beat Hafizabad by 358 runs.

SIALKOT 460-5 in 86 overs (Mohammad Yasin 130, Khurram Shahzad 111, Mohammad Nasir 100 not out, Mohammad Qasim 51); HAFIZABAD 102 in 31.2 overs (M. Imran Malik 6-34).

At Sheikhupura Stadium: Sheikhupura beat Narowal by 77 runs.

SHEIKHUPURA 224 in 50 overs (Zaman Jamil 84, Ayaz Tasawwar 62); NAROWAL 147 in 36.3 overs (Nayyar Abbas 5-57)

Abbottabad region:

At Kohat Stadium: Kohat beat Tank by 21 runs.

KOHAT 178 in 43.1 overs (Changez Khan 50; Abdul Wahab 6-53, Asif Javed 4-48); TANK 157 in 57.4 overs (Mujeeb-ur-Rehman 4-28).

Multan region:

At Quaid-i-Azam Stadium, Burewala: Khanewal beat Vehari by 134 runs.

KHANEWAL 214 in 79.5 overs (Riffat Abbas 96; Abid Mahmood 5-43, Mudassar Ali 4-89); VEHARI 80 in 28.2 overs (Mohammad Javed 5-34).

Hyderabad region:

At Mir Ground, Tando Fazal (Hyderabad): Hyderabad beat Badin by 200 runs.

HYDERABAD 255 in 75.5 overs (Shabih Haider 103, Sharjeel Khan 60; Ayaz Ali Zaur 4-51, Adnan Gul 4-84); BADIN 55 in 25.2 overs (Mir Ali Khan 5-31).

At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur: Shikarpur beat Larkana by 101 runs.

SHIKARPUR 210 in 78 overs (Fida Hussain 63 not out; Muzaffar Ali 5-53, Muzammil Ali 4-44); LARKANA 109 in 53 overs (Mohammad Sharif 4-31).

At Municipal Sports Complex, Mirpurkhas: No result (rain).

MIRPURKHAS 217 in 88.4 overs (Atif Hameed 60); SANGHAR 43-7 in 29 overs (Ghulam Murtaza 5-24).

Rawalpindi region:

At KRL Stadium: Jehlum beat Mianwali by 86 runs.

JEHLUM 214 in 67.3 overs (Mohammad Atiq 53; Najeebullah 5-51); MIANWALI 128 in 50.2 overs (Yasin Jamshed 5-29).

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: A splendid century by Umar Akmal led West Zone Blues to a convincing seven-wicket win over East Zone Blues in the Lahore region fixture.

Umar struck an undefeated 102 off 81 balls with 15 fours and two sixes as West Zone Blues raced to victory by scoring 158 for three in 24.5 overs.

In other matches, North Zone Blues beat East Zone Whites by six wickets mainly due to Hamza Mubeen’s 99 while West Zone Whites crushed North Zone Whites by 160 runs with spinners Salman Afzal and Asif Ghafoor sharing eight wickets between them.

Summarised scores:

Lahore region:

At Cricket Centre Ground: North Zone Blues beat East Zone Whites by six wickets.

EAST ZONE WHITES 204 in 76.2 overs (Naeem Akram 6-47); NORTH ZONE BLUES 205-4 in 55.3 overs (Hamza Mubeen 99).

At Model Town Ground: West Zone Whites beat North Zone Whites by 160 runs.

WEST ZONE WHITES 251 in 66.4 overs (Saadullah Ghori 50; Wasif Butt 7-91); NORTH ZONE WHITES 91 in 34 overs (Salman Afzal 4-20, Asif Ghafoor 4-28).

At Mughalpura Institute Ground: West Zone Blues beat East Zone Blues by seven wickets.

EAST ZONE BLUES 157 in 47 overs (Azhar Attari 5-31, Mustafa Iqbal 4-35); WEST ZONE BLUES 158-3 in 24.5 overs (Umar Akmal 102 not out).